France has a population of 64.6 million and an area of 547,030 sq km. Since 2013 unemployment has steadily held at around 10 percent, touching 10.5 percent in July 2015 and falling to 9.9 percent a year later.
Along with Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, France is a member of the G7. A group of nations representing the most advanced in the world and accounting for over 60 percent of ...

As you read this 1 in 4 of your colleagues are affected by some form of mental health condition be that anxiety, depression or stress. Perhaps this is even you. The fact is for most of us, out of all the pressures you’re under each day, your working day is by far the most damaging to your mental health.
So what can you do about it?
Mindfulness is one resource that...

Spain lost nearly 100,000 people in 2015 and started 2016 with a population of 46,524,943. The capital is Madrid and the country has an area of 505,400 kilometres square.
The Spanish economy was particularly badly hit by the global economic crisis of 2008. After a decade and a half of steady growth the country's economy began to slow in 2007. In the second quarter of 2008 Spain slid i...

Since its conception in 1978, Air Berlin has rose to become Germany’s second largest airline and one of the most iconic airline companies in Europe, providing low-cost, high quality travel for corporate and leisure travellers.
With over €4 billion revenue and nearly 150 destinations on offer, the airline is also known to be one of the most accommodating companies, with approxim...

It stands to reason that every business wants to dominate its marketplace, but achieving that is obviously tricky.
For many, the design world, and design thinking in particular, are proving to be a great source of inspiration – emerging as more than just aesthetics and even helping resolve strategic business challenges.
But moving beyond Design Thinking to Business Design...

European aerospace and plane making giant Airbus is rumoured to be sorting out its messy corporate structure.
According to Reuters which has sources close to matter, Airbus Group SAS will likely merge with the plane manufacturing unit, Airbus SAS, a move that has been on hold for more than 10 years. The news arose from a meeting in Alabama.
The new company, simply ‘Airbus&rsquo...

The work world has fundamentally changed, and the workday needs to evolve. Work is not the purpose of life. Living is. And it's time our workplaces reflect.
The eight-hour workday is now outdated and irrelevant. Today's knowledge workers have the power to be massively more productive, but also to waste an extraordinary amount of time. The reality is these workers are only doing 2-...

Europe’s biggest budget airline Ryanair has been threatening to reduce flights to Greece and its surrounding islands starting from next year.
The carrier, owned by Irishman Michael O’Leary, has been frustrated by recent attempts to negotiate more favourable terms with the Greek government regarding taxation in the off-peak season.
If taxes were to be reduced, Ryanair woul...

The UK and France lag behind the rest of Europe when it comes to it preparedness for the European Court of Justice latest ruling on the Working Time Directive (WTD).
Announced in September 2015, new regulations falling within the existing WTD, which rule the time taken to travel to and from work at the beginning and end of each day should count as working time, are expected to be implemen...

Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to share my experience of how I built a global company at Zendesk’s event, Relate Live. As a business created around employee relocation, MOVE Guides had no choice but to build a global company from the get go, but how can other businesses do the same?
A lot of companies begin by establishing their business in just one location, with the aim...

In the run up to Global Entrepreneurship Week (14th-20th November 2016), the world’s largest festival for entrepreneurship, Wiley is releasing a number of books to help people start, grow and invest in new business.
From turning property into profit, achieving sustained business growth and maintaining a work-life balance, to understanding the changing face of business in Saudi Arabi...

The EU has all but concluded a new free trade deal with Canada - the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA for short.
The deal is possibly the most advanced of its kind to date and will help to generate growth and jobs by boosting exports; lowering the cost of the imports businesses need to make their products; offering greater choice for consumers; and upholding the EU...

It was recently announced that The Football Pools are being sold by Sportech to a group of gambling industry investors for £97.25 million.
The Football Pools began 93 years ago and was once the main way for Brits to gamble on football, with around 10 million player taking part at their peak. The pools became popular as they were cheap to enter, with the potential to win a ver...

John Malone’s Liberty Media company will initially buy a stake in Formula One of up to 20% before taking full control later on in the year. The deal will value the sport at around £6.4bn ($8.5 billion).
John Malone is one of the biggest media owners in the United States. Starting his career at AT&T in the 1960s and (for 23 years) was the chief executive of the United State...

At only 28, entrepreneur Marco Barbosa is definitely one to watch. He has ambitious and clear goals for the future, not only of his fast growing company eSolidar but for the world. In fact, he’s hoping to change the way business and charity have been viewed as two different aspects of the world’s economy.
Now on Forbes’ 2016 list of “30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur...